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Re: PEPs should be included with the documentation download

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Date 2013-08-23 11:54 +1000
Subject Re: PEPs should be included with the documentation download
From Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com>
Newsgroups comp.lang.python
Message-ID <mailman.149.1377222934.19984.python-list@python.org> (permalink)

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On Fri, Aug 23, 2013 at 11:47 AM, Ben Finney <ben+python@benfinney.id.au> wrote:
> Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> writes:
>
>> Also, how many people actually depend on the downloadable
>> documentation, rather than simply reading things online?
>
> Many countries do not have infrastructure that allows reliable, fast,
> low-latency internet access 24-hours-a-day. Most countries's internet
> infrastructure, in fact, does not satisfy all of those.

I'm aware of that. However, I'm also aware that many people still read
things online, even with a less-than-reliable internet connection.
Hence the question: How many people actually do use the downloaded
docs? Maybe it'd turn out to be quite high, but it's not an
unreasonable question.

ChrisA

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PEPs should be included with the documentation download Aseem Bansal <asmbansal2@gmail.com> - 2013-08-20 22:14 -0700
  Re: PEPs should be included with the documentation download Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2013-08-22 03:32 +1000
    Re: PEPs should be included with the documentation download Aseem Bansal <asmbansal2@gmail.com> - 2013-08-22 01:39 -0700
      Re: PEPs should be included with the documentation download Terry Reedy <tjreedy@udel.edu> - 2013-08-22 18:46 -0400
  Re: PEPs should be included with the documentation download random832@fastmail.us - 2013-08-21 13:55 -0400
    Re: PEPs should be included with the documentation download Aseem Bansal <asmbansal2@gmail.com> - 2013-08-22 01:45 -0700
  Re: PEPs should be included with the documentation download Jerry Hill <malaclypse2@gmail.com> - 2013-08-21 14:15 -0400
  Re: PEPs should be included with the documentation download random832@fastmail.us - 2013-08-21 14:28 -0400
  Re: PEPs should be included with the documentation download Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2013-08-22 04:50 +1000
  Re: PEPs should be included with the documentation download Terry Reedy <tjreedy@udel.edu> - 2013-08-21 16:15 -0400
  Re: PEPs should be included with the documentation download Dennis Lee Bieber <wlfraed@ix.netcom.com> - 2013-08-21 20:27 -0400
  Re: PEPs should be included with the documentation download Ben Finney <ben+python@benfinney.id.au> - 2013-08-23 11:47 +1000
  Re: PEPs should be included with the documentation download Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2013-08-23 11:54 +1000
    Re: PEPs should be included with the documentation download Neil Cerutti <neilc@norwich.edu> - 2013-08-23 13:19 +0000
  Re: PEPs should be included with the documentation download Ben Finney <ben+python@benfinney.id.au> - 2013-08-23 16:21 +1000
  Re: PEPs should be included with the documentation download Ned Deily <nad@acm.org> - 2013-08-23 01:14 -0700
  Re: PEPs should be included with the documentation download Ben Finney <ben+python@benfinney.id.au> - 2013-08-23 19:24 +1000

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